Problem

You get an internal server error when performing a SharePoint search.

InternalError

Checking the ULS logs, you see a similar error message:

Watson bucket parameters: SharePoint Server 2010, ULSException14, 06175311 “sharepoint server search”, 0e00178d “14.0.6029.0”, 17853a8f “microsoft.office.server.search”, 0e0017da “14.0.6106.0”, 4def6b97 “wed jun 08 20:31:19 2011”, 00003297 “00003297”, 0000002d “0000002d”, 4a6d3421 “nullreferenceexception”, 67316a39 “g1j9

Solution

Restart the SharePoint Server Search 14 service.

  1. Start -> Run -> services.msc
  2. Locate the SharePoint Server Search 14 service and click on Restart.
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